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Tools of Intervention: Re-examining German and Papua New Guinean Art and Histories

12/03/2023 All Journal Articles, Lectures, Members Only, V28 Issue 1, Volume 28

by  Lisa Hilli In late 2020, I was invited to be part of a curatorial advisory at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Led by former curator of Modern Art, Beatrice von Bormann, …

The Evolution of the Contemporary Aboriginal Art Market

12/03/2023 All Journal Articles, Lectures, Members Only, V28 Issue 1, Volume 28

by Adrian Newstead Have you ever wondered how it is that Aboriginal art became an international phenomenon with pieces selling for thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars, while indigenous …

Navigating for a Place in the Museum: Stories of Encounter and Engagement between the Old and the New from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

07/06/2020 Lectures, V25 Issue 2

A paper by Dr Michael Mel, Australian Museum. Reviewed by Bill Rathmell Michael Mel, the Manager of Pacific and International Collections at the Australian Museum in Sydney, is well known …

Noah’s Art – Floating art galleries of Indonesia

06/06/2020 Lectures, V25 Issue 2

by Jeffrey Mellefont, Honorary Research Associate, Australian National Maritime Museum The subject of my recent lecture to Oceanic Art Society (OAS) in March – the artistry that can be found …

Three busts and a cape – the adventurous life of Hongi Hika

08/03/2020 Lectures, V25 Issue 1

Story by Brent Kerehona | Image Caption: Bust of Hongi Hika, possibly self-portrait, carved 1814 in Parramatta, NSW Australia. Brighton Hove Museum, United Kingdom, photo © Brent Kerehona. Ki te …

New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw

23/12/2018 Lectures, V23 Issue 4

by Barry Craig My first experience of New Guinea  was at Telefomin 1962-1965. I had graduated with a degree in Social Anthropology at University of Sydney 1960, gained a Diploma …

Red Lower Sepik/Ramu mask

Aesthetics of New Guinea Art – Part II

24/08/2018 Lectures, V23 Issue 3

Lecture by Michael Hamson, Savage Club, Melbourne, 21 October 2017 This article continues on from Part One which appeared in the last edition of the OAS Journal where Mr. Hamson …

Aesthetics of New Guinea Art

11/06/2018 Lectures, V23 Issue 2

Lecture by Michael Hamson, Savage Club, Melbourne, 21 October 2017 Introduction Aesthetics by definition are subjective — being one’s response to and appreciation of beauty. That subjective dimension becomes even …

Image of the Australian Museum

Navigating for a ples namel: Between the Museum, Collections, and Communities

13/11/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 5

Saturday 11 November 2017 – OAS Lecture as part of our AGM.  10:00am registration, AGM 10:30am, 11:00am lecture in The Australian Museum. Michael A. Mel will be presenting an illustrated …

Fijian Gods, Sacred Objects and Temples

08/09/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 4

NEXT LECTURE Wednesday 20 September 2017 – OAS Lecture 6:30 arrival, 7:00 lecture in The Centenary Auditorium, Art Gallery of NSW. Refreshments available afterwards in the Art Gallery cafe and …

Stoned – Lithic Technology of the Ancient Polynesians

08/09/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 4

Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 19 July 2017. Mark Blackburn’s talk on the lithic technology of the ancient Polynesians at the Australian Museum on 19 July 2017 was educational …

STONED – Lithic Technology of the Ancient Polynesians

12/07/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 3

NEXT LECTURE Wednesday, July 19, Australian Museum, 6.30 for 7.00pm. OAS & Australian Museum members $25, others $35, includes substantial refreshments and wine. Mark Blackburn will be presenting a lecture …

Indigenous perspectives in The National 2017: new Australian art

09/05/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 2

NEXT LECTURE Wednesday 17 May 2017 – OAS Lecture, in the Centenary Auditorium, Art Gallery of NSW, 6:30 – 8pm. Free. Anneke Jaspers – Curator, Contemporary Art at the Art …

The Reverend Fellows Collection of Trobriand Art

09/05/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 2

A report on Crispin Howarth’s OAS Lecture, by Jim Elmslie The ‘lost’ collection of Massim art of the late Methodist missionary, the Reverend Samuel Fellows, lay undisturbed beneath the family …

The Moon, the Stars and the Demon Shrimp

01/03/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 1

Peter McCabe will be presenting a lecture on: The Moon, the Stars and the Demon Shrimp: Deciphering Patterns in Beaded Aprons of Geelvink Bay, North West New Guinea A little …

Unpacked: The Reverend Fellows collection of Trobriands art

01/11/2016 Lectures, V21 Issue 5

Public lecture by Crispin Howarth: Held at the National Gallery of Australia is a little known, rarely shown but very significant collection of Massim Art. Amassed in the late 19th …

Jude Philp on the Macleay Museum’s Pacific collections

01/11/2016 Lectures, V21 Issue 5

Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 14 September 2016. Report by Jude Philp In 1875 Maino of Mowatta welcomed William John Macleay’s Chevert expedition party to his village, and introduced …

Centuries 19 to 21. The Macleay Museum’s Pacific collections

01/09/2016 Lectures, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

At what date the Macleay family started collecting objects made by peoples from the Pacific islands is not known. But living in Sydney from the 1830s certainly gave them opportunity …

Mark Blackburn on Understanding Polynesian Art

01/09/2016 Lectures, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 20 June 2016. Report by Robin Hodgson On Monday 20 June 2016, in the Annexe of the Australian Museum, our visiting lecturer, Mark Blackburn …

Archaeological Perspectives

Using archaeological perspectives to uncover indigenous perspectives on the colonial process in PNG

01/11/2015 All Journal Articles, Lectures, V20 Issue 5, Volume 20

Saturday 14 November – Australian Museum via William Street new entrance 10:00 am registration, 10:30 OAS AGM, 11:00 Dr Robin Torrence (see below), 12 Noon close, 1:00pm Lunch at Sky …

Oceanic and Aboriginal art in the collection of the Melbourne Savage Club

01/02/2015 Lectures, V20 Issue 1, Volume 20

Lecture Review Lecture by Dr. Ross Bowden, November 15, 2014 Ross Bowden, DPhil (Oxford), taught anthropology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, from 1979 to 1999 and was then a visiting …

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